A different smell meant an enemy to them.
The purple flames from Yue Yang’s Hui Jin Magic Blade soared into the sky. Yue Yang emulated Yue Qiu’s Earth Splitting Slash, creating an explosion.
As compared to when he was at the Yue Clan Castle, Yue Yang’s sword technique had vastly improved yet again.
Yue Yang’s previous Earth Splitting Slash was only similar to Yue Qiu’s in sword technique; it was entirely different in its power and style. Now, however, even Jun Wu You and Elder Yue Hai who were extremely familiar with Yue Qiu’s battle tactics may not recognise this as the same technique… The power of this slash, as compared to before, had improved by two times at least.
This was still not its full power, as Yue Yang intentionally held back on his attack.
“All of you, scram!”
Yue Yang realised that there was a giant Ant Guard together with over ten other Fire Red Ants crawling over. The Ant Guard seemed to have detected that there was an odd smell here. A few of the mercenaries on the platform who had jumped down successively were injured. The smell of fresh blood had spread out through the gentle breezes in the cave, causing some Fire Red Ants to turn their heads and return, feeling around the area with their antennas. Yue Yang knew that if these close to ten thousand Fire Red Ants rushed forth at once, he could only try to run away, let alone save others.
The purple flames from his Hui Jin Magic Blade grew bigger, and exploded with a loud ‘boom’, it scorched the entire space at once as it swept across it.
The mercenaries felt the hot surging waves assaulting their senses. All of them were extremely frightened.
In the end, luckily, only their hairs turned into afro. Their hairs did not catch fire as they thought initially. At this moment, they prostrated themselves in admiration of Yue Yang’s ability to control the fire… because all of them saw that for the same explosion, the Fire Red Ants at their front and on both of their sides had been charred alive by the purple flames. Countless Fire Red Ants were rolling about in the flames, looking as if they could not bear the pain.
This move was practically as cool as the legendary Fire God who could manipulate and control all flames in the entire world.
“What are you still waiting for?” When Yue Yang saw that these fellows were frozen in terror as they stared at him foolishly, he was immediately angered.
“Yes!” The wise Assistant Troop Leader responded the fastest.
He immediately stuffed something into the Mercenary Troop Leader’s hand, then followed the path that Yue Yang had opened, sparing no effort in rushing out of the hole.
Behind him, a whole group of mercenaries followed desperately, outrunning each other. In front, Yue Yang continuously slashed with his sword. Using his purple flames to force the Fire Red Ants back, he opened a road with only a few Fire Red Ants present, spread thinly apart. This allowed the mercenaries to run towards the nearest Ant Tunnel. The ones who took the lead in rushing into it were the Assistant Troop Leader and the black oaf, and they had already started fighting the Fire Red Ants in the Tunnel. The other mercenaries immediately rushed forward to help in order to survive.
The one who was the last to go was an elderly person who carried the Golden Ant Eggs. He had stayed behind for a while to receive the ten Teleportation Scrolls from Yue Yang.
“Ah Hao, you must come back, you must. If our family loses you, it would definitely fall apart. You must remember that.” The elderly person looked like he was the leader’s uncle or older relative. He didn’t forget to force a Teleportation Scroll into the leader’s hand before he left.
“I’m fine. You guys go, quickly go now!”
The Mercenary Troop Leader named Ah Hao did not reject the Teleportation Scroll. He received it and stuffed it into his robe, then he quickly ran back to Yue Yang’s side.
If he did not have Yue Yang’s protection, the chances of him surviving in the sea of ants was practically zero.
Yue Yang watched as the mercenaries rushed into the Ant Tunnel like a hive of bees. The ones who were slightly slower were crying out for help in desperation, begging their comrades to pull them along. However, most of them only cared about fleeing themselves, very few people turned back to lend a helping hand. In any case, it was simply a huge mess. Yue Yang slashed his blade and created a trailing blaze, setting the antennas of the few Fire Red Ants which had followed them on fire. The blade slashed the Fire Red Ants which were about to reach the mouth of the Ant Tunnel open. This was his final parting gift to them, Yue Yang could not be bothered about whether they lived or died beyond this… When he turned his head back and looked towards the Mercenary Troop Leader Ah Hao, he pointed at an underground cave where numerous Fire Red Ants were crawling out of with his shaking fingers. His lips trembled with fear but he said with certainty, “That, that, that’s where you sho